Night Exercises For Cadets
Gerald Johnson
ideas about Night exercises. I am after ideas that would incorporate around
12 cadets and this exercise will take place in meadows around our Squadron
hut and not on a military training area so if any ideas could be limited to
that sort of area I would be most grateful.
Thanks in anticipation
CWO Ashley Johnson
Paul Jacobsen
Gerald Johnson <Ashley....@tesco.net> wrote in message
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I suppose you could get some boys and girls together, add in some
beer and booze, and they'll make their own fun. Works every time <grin>
Jake
Neil O'Connor
Wellll...let's try to drag this one a little further back to what CWO
Johnson requested..;)
"Night exercises" means different things to different folks...and units,
CWO Johnson. That, plus the self-imposed geographic limits narrows ideas
down pretty quickly. Instead of framing it as "night exercises", think of
routine/required tasks that you may have to perform at night...without
lights...and outside. Then set up training in those tasks as your "night
exercise".
Having no idea what sort of equipment you may have access to makes
suggestions tough. But, some examples anyway:
Using a compass/navigating along an azimuth (harder than it may seem at
night, even in a meadow).
Operating personal and unit equipment.
Donning one's protective mask.
Moving under noise/light discipline.
Setting up tents/shelters.
On the off chance that you have access to some night vision equipment, try
and get a hand's on demo. The differences in depth perception and
peripheral vision are significant; one just doesn't pop them on and become
Instant Ninja (been there, done that, have the tree bark marks...;).
If you've done some daylight maneuver training, try the same exercise at
night. I suspect results will vary (unless your meadow is lit up like a
football pitch, but, then...turn off the lights if you can).
Basic premise: pick a task to train, then train it in daylight and at
night.
Usual and customary disclaimers apply. See local ordinances before mixing
booze and minors ;). The Arm'ys opinion does not appear on my OCIE hand
receipt, so I don't speak for them/it.
Neil O'Connor
MAJ, MS
Social Work Officer/LOG Officer
467th MED DET (Combat Stress Control)
Madison, WI
Steve C
There are many games/excecises that can be made up...
A lamp game usually goes down well
a lamp is placed at each end of the field/Training area
The cadets are split into two groups and it is each groups task to switch
the others lamp off...
It could be a flag to be returned to their basse camp
This can be varied to suit your own training...
Our would include .....
Warning orders
sequence to mount
Carry out a patrol
and then of course debriefs
It wold take into account many action ons such as action enemy
action on objective
action Rv
etc...
just use your imagination but keep activity to a maximum
hope this helps
Neil Horne
a game of spotto with the officers and NCO doing the spotting
IainUK
Miller "Night exercises" you may care to take a look over there. If you
add to his thread or start your own I'm sure you will get a few more
replies.
IainUK
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Gerald Johnson wrote in message <7qjbqp$b2l$1...@barcode.tesco.net>...
:I am a SNCO in the UK ATC and I am wondering if any of you could give me
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David Mackay
Neil Horne <nho...@mpx.com.au> wrote in message
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> I am SNCO in the Australian Army Cadet Corps , our last night excercise
was
> a game of spotto with the officers and NCO doing the spotting
In our Corps, we run a 12-hour Night Navigation Exercise - Escape &
Evasion - with cadet sections of 5-8 cadets (plus a CPL section commander)
navigating around a 12-checkpoint exercise area. Not only did this test
night navigation techniques, but we also include Enemy sections - JNCOs and
SNCOs - to test camouflage and concealement techniques.
WO1 Mackay (AACC)